Office politics (was Re: Case Sensitivity & @bk)

[Kenneth Brody]

GCC Consulting wrote:
[...]
> When he asks how long it will take to get a modification done, he is told it
> would be submitted, considered, and if they agree and analysis will be done.
> Then they will get back with a price.  Once the contract has been signed, it may
> take up to 2 months to start the project.  He asks, "what if I need a new
> report".  They tell him 4-6 weeks.
> 
> Now, the sales manager for this company is someone who I worked with years ago.
> My client tells him, "Richard does the report for me right away.  I get some
> modifications with a few days and others with the month.
[...]

That reminds me of a story...

Large company has its own DP department.  They need some new reports for
their medical claims software.  DP department says they can get to it in
a few months.  A filePro developer, working for the same company, takes
the specs home and codes it single-handedly over the weekend in filePro.
He offers it to the company at no cost, in an attempt to show them just
how powerful filePro is.  They decline, so as to not upset their DP dept.
He suggests using it only as an interim solution until DP can get around
to their request for the new reports.  Again, no dice.  Apparently, the
DP department was already pissed that some people at the company were
using filePro and doing things themselves, rather than waiting on bended
knee for them to get around to it.

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